The Fifth Estate Season 41 Episodes
Season 41 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - The Hidden WarCanada's war in Iraq and Syria has been shrouded in secrecy. But from the front lines Bob McKeown reports on the hidden toll of civilian casualties from Coalition air strikes.
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Episode 2 - The Fire WithinThey risk their lives for us, but privately there is a burning secret inside many fire halls across the country. Female firefighters speak about being bullied and harassed on the job.
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Episode 3 - Magic PillsThey're products packed with promises, but what's actually in the bottle?
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Episode 4 - School of SecretsThe University of British Columbia took more than a year and a half to act against a graduate student despite mounting complaints of harassment or sexual assault by at least 6 women on campus.
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Episode 5 - Aftermath: How Paris Changed the WorldHow Europe plans to dismantle the deadly terror network and what the Paris attacks mean for Ottawa's ambitious plans to bring in tens of thousands of refugees. One famous family's story of hope and endurance (with teams across the globe: Gillian Findlay in Turkey, Mark Kelley in France and Adrienne Arsenault in Belgium).
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Episode 6 - A Mother's TrialThe troubling story of two teenaged brothers from Ottawa that caught everyone's attention. They were the sons of Canada’s consul-general in Miami. So how did these two Canadian teens get caught up in the dark side of Miami's drug scene? One dead in a drug deal gone wrong, the other charged as his accomplice – and now behind bars and in front of the courts, facing the potential of life in prison. With crime scene pictures, courtroom video, and exclusive interviews, the fifth estate takes you inside one mother's struggle to save the one son she has left.
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Episode 7 - Nightmare in IndonesiaThe never-ending nightmare for Canadian teacher Neil Bantelman trapped in Indonesia fighting unjust sex crime accusations.
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Episode 8 - Why Didn't We KnowIn a matter of hours last September, three women were killed near the small town of Wilno, Ontario - the man accused knew them all and had a long history of violence. How did the system that's supposed to protect women go so disastrously wrong? With exclusive interviews with family members, and friends of victims, witnesses from the crime scenes, and court records, Gillian Findlay investigates.
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Episode 9 - Doctors Without BoundariesWhen doctors are accused of crossing ethical or legal boundaries with their female patients, why does it take so long for authorities to protect the public - if they act at all? Bob McKeown investigates.
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Episode 10 - After the Cameras Went AwayA look at what has happened with stories the fifth estate first investigated decades ago: a miner's daughter searches for answers about a dangerous powder; a famed bank robber meets a surprising fate; and an accused war criminal deported from Canada ends up at the centre of a precedent-setting court case in the United States.
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Episode 11 - Dealing with a DictatorWhen a small Vancouver mining company struck gold in a remote corner of Africa, it started with so much promise. In remote Eritrea, Nevsun built a mine that was generating $700 million in profits in its first four years of operation. But it was also generating a lot of controversy – because Nevsun was partnered with a brutal dictatorship that runs the country and controls 40% of the mine.
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Episode 14 - The Fire Breather: The Rise and Rage of Donald TrumpHe has launched often vitriolic attacks on minorities, Muslims, women, and pretty much anyone else he wants – and yet Donald Trump’s popularity just keeps on climbing. After Super Tuesday he is strongly in the lead win the Republican nomination…and his next victory, he hopes, will be the White House. Bob McKeown joins the campaign trail for a disturbing look at an ugly side of America…and why Trump may be winning.
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Episode 15 - In Their Own WordsLandon Webb challenges a Nova Scotia law that gives parents the right to total guardianship over adult children deemed to be mentally “incompetent”...and a veteran Toronto homicide detective recounts the one murder case he can never forget.
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